hyperbole
Well, isn't that just a happy little metaphor! This phrase is using figurative language called a simile, where it compares not knowing winter to not trying snowboarding. It's like painting a picture with words, showing how experiencing snowboarding is essential to truly understanding winter.
Could you give examples of figurative language in Maroo of the Winter Cave?
snowboarding
1998
skiing and snowboarding
Snowboarding!
Snowboarding will be part of the 2014 winter Olympics
winter when there is snow
basketball, hockey and snowboarding
awesome snowboarding
it first appeared in the 1998 winter games
A sport people can play in the winter is snowboarding.